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《The Knockout》 S1·E32 (03:39) HSK 5
nǐ bù yòng zài nà ér tào wǒ huà

你不用在那儿套我话

“Don't try to elicit information from me.”

《The Knockout》 S1·E32
TIMECODE: 03:39 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN lái jiǎng jiǎng

来 讲讲

“Go ahead. Tell me.”

nǐ bù yòng zài nà ér tào wǒ huà CURRENT FOCUS

你 不用 在那儿套我话

“Don't try to elicit information from me.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ bú huì gào sù nǐ de

“I won't tell you anything.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: REBUFFING
Tone: CONFRONTATIONAL
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I know exactly what you are trying to do, and I'm not falling for it.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Direct Exposure of Indirect Probing

While Chinese conversation often values subtlety, bluntly pointing out someone's '套话' (fishing for words) signals a total breakdown of conversational trust and a refusal to play along.

INTENT TAGS: #refusal #exposure #defiance #boundary_setting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
套话 SPOKEN CHUNK

to fish for information / to coax out a secret

A very useful colloquial verb meaning to trick someone into revealing confidential or hidden details.

不用在那儿 SPOKEN CHUNK

no need to bother doing that / stop doing that right there

Used dismissively to reject someone's visible antics, schemes, or pretenses.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

0 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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